The Robot file

February 7, 2013

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Nov. 13, 1979: Here's what the Quasar Industries people were promising in the beginning of the 1980s. The display robots were photographed in action shots holding vacuum and dog leashes, but Quasar's performance robots never came close to accomplishing these tasks.

Chronicle archives/The Chronicle

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Nov. 13, 1979: Here's what the Quasar Industries people were promising in the beginning of the 1980s. The display robots were photographed in action shots holding vacuum and dog leashes, but Quasar's performance robots never came close to accomplishing these tasks.